overcharge

overcharge
Synonyms and related words:
adorn, aggrandize, amplify, anticathexis, ballyhoo, bleed, bleed white, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, cathectic energy, cathexis, charge, choke, clip, color, congest, congestion, convolute, countercathexis, cram, crowd, decorate, desire concentration, draw the longbow, drench, elaborate, embellish, embroider, energy charge, engorgement, enrich, exaggerate, exploit, exploitation, extortion, festoon, fleece, flourish, fudge, gild, glut, gluttonize, go to extremes, gorge, gouge, highway robbery, hold up, holdup, hyperbolize, hypercathexis, hyperemia, involve, jam, jam-pack, lay it on, load with ornament, loan-sharking, magnify, make much of, ornament, overassessment, overbrimming, overburden, overdo, overdraw, overestimate, overfeed, overfill, overflow, overfreight, overfullness, overlade, overlay, overload, overpaint, overpraise, overprice, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overspill, overstate, overstress, overstuff, overtax, overweigh, overweight, pack, pad, pile it on, plethora, profiteer, puff, repletion, satiate, satiety, saturate, saturation, screw, shylocking, skin, soak, stick, sting, stretch, stretch the truth, stuff, supercharge, supersaturate, supersaturation, surcharge, surfeit, swindle, talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, trick out, usury, varnish, victimize

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • overcharge — o‧ver‧charge [ˌəʊvəˈtʆɑːdʒ ǁ ˌoʊvərˈtʆɑːrdʒ] verb [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE to charge someone too much money for something: • Divorce lawyers often overcharge women clients. overcharge (somebody) for something • The company overcharged… …   Financial and business terms

  • overcharge — index exploitation, overdraw, premium (excess value), surcharge, usury Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Overcharge — O ver*charge , v. t. [Cf. {Supercharge}, {Surcharge}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill too full; to crowd. [1913 Webster] Our language is overcharged with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overcharge — O ver*charge , n. [Cf. {Supercargo}, {Supercharge}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An excessive load or burden. [1913 Webster] 2. An excessive charge in an account. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overcharge — O ver*charge , v. i. To make excessive charges. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overcharge — (v.) c.1300, to overload, overburden, from OVER (Cf. over) + CHARGE (Cf. charge). Meaning to charge someone too much money is from 1660s. Related: Overcharged; overcharging …   Etymology dictionary

  • overcharge — ► VERB ▪ charge too high a price …   English terms dictionary

  • overcharge — [ō΄vər chärj′; ] also, and for n.always, [ō′vər chärj΄] vt., vi. overcharged, overcharging 1. to charge too high a price (to) 2. to overload or fill too full 3. to exaggerate n. 1. an excessive charge 2 …   English World dictionary

  • Overcharge — For other uses, see Overcharging (disambiguation). Overcharge is an economic term that refers to the difference between an observed market price and a price that would have been observed in the absence of collusion. The latter is often called a… …   Wikipedia

  • overcharge — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈtʃɑː(r)dʒ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈtʃɑrdʒ] verb Word forms overcharge : present tense I/you/we/they overcharge he/she/it overcharges present participle overcharging past tense overcharged past participle overcharged 1) [intransitive/transitive] …   English dictionary

  • overcharge — Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to charge too much or too fully 2. to fill too full 3. exaggerate, overdraw intransitive verb to make an excessive charge • overcharge noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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